Jan. 28, 2018
By Joanne Norell
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s fencing teams finished the weekend undefeated after two days of competition at their own DeCicco Duals at the Castellan Family Fencing Center.
Both Irish teams went 8-0 and defeated club squads from Clemson, Florida, Purdue, Indiana, McKendree, Michigan, Michigan State and Chicago. Neither team allowed more than five points in any match on Sunday.
The Irish had plenty of impressive performances on the weekend. in men’s epee, Christian Aguilar finished the tournament 18-1, Aidan Antekeier was 26-6, Rory Burke was 20-2 and Zachary Cheng finished 15-1. In men’s foil, Alexander Ju (17-0), Thomas Murray (13-0), Joseph Marino (15-0), Robert Wong (13-0), Spicer Emge (8-0) and Steffen Felt (6-0) all went undefeated, while Matthew Tichacek finished 16-1. In men’s sabre, Paul Cepak went 19-3, Blake Murphy finished 15-1, Jack Rohan went 20-1, Ben Scholl was 16-3 and David Brown 12-3.
For the women, Katherine Clark (25-5), Katherine Wallace (23-7) and Marie-Anne Roche (12-0) dominated in epee; Isabelle Elizondo (13-1), Nicole Gorman (12-2), Mari Summers (20-2), Beatrice Verrecchia (10-0), Reagan Fitzgerald (14-0) and Erica Tsai (11-1) were excellent in foil; and Christina Boitano (14-1), Natalie Disher (21-0), Madeleine Gallagher (24-0), Reghan Ward (9-1) and Jamie Norville (8-0) rounded out the Irish performances in sabre.
The Irish will be back in action next Saturday and Sunday when they compete at the Northwestern Duals. Notre Dame’s Castellan Family Fencing Center will serve as the host facility while Northwestern’s fencing center undergoes renovations.
DeCicco Duals
Jan. 28, 2018
Castellan Family Fencing Center
Notre Dame, Ind.
Men’s Results — Day Two
No. 1 Notre Dame 27, Clemson 0
Epee: Aidan Antekeier 3-0, Christian Aguilar 3-0, Rory Burke 2-0, Zachary Cheng 1-0
Foil: Matthew Tichacek 3-0, Robert Wong 3-0, Thomas Murray 3-0
Sabre: Jack Rohan 2-0, Ari Croitoru 2-0, Blake Murphy 2-0, Paul Cepak 1-0, Ben Scholl 1-0, David Brown 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 27, Florida 0
Epee: Cheng 3-0, Burke 3-0, Antekeier 2-0, Aguilar 1-0
Foil: Alexander Ju 3-0, Nicholas Sloan 3-0, Spicer Emge 2-0, Steffen Felt 1-0
Sabre: Scholl 2-0, Brown 2-0, Cepak 2-0, Murphy 1-0, Rohan 1-0, Croitoru 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 25, Purdue 2
Epee: Antekeier 3-0, Cheng 2-0, Burke 1-0, Aguilar 2-1
Foil: Tichacek 3-0, Murray 2-0, Marino 1-0, Felt 1-0, Emge 1-0, Wong 1-0
Sabre: Cepak 3-0, Scholl 2-0, Murphy 2-0, Rohan 1-0, Brown 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 25, Indiana 2
Epee: Antekeier 3-0, Aguilar 3-0, Burke 3-0
Foil: Ju 2-0, Sloan 2-0, Marino 2-0, Wong 1-0, Felt 1-0, Emge 1-0
Sabre: Rohan 3-0, Cepak 2-0, Scholl 2-0, Brown 1-0, Murphy 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 25, McKendree 2
Epee: Cheng 3-0, Burke 2-1, Antekeier 2-1
Foil: Tichacek 3-0, Marino 2-0, Wong 2-0, Murray 1-0, Ju 1-0
Sabre: Cepak 3-0, Rohan 2-0, Scholl 2-0, Murphy 1-0, Brown 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 24. Michigan 3
Epee: Cheng 3-0, Antekeier 3-0, Aguilar 2-0, Burke 1-0
Foil: Sloan 3-0, Ju 3-0, Emge 2-0, Felt 1-0
Sabre: Scholl 2-1, Murphy 1-0, Rohan 1-0, Cepak 1-0, Brown 1-2
No. 1 Notre Dame 23, Chicago 4
Epee: Aguilar 3-0, Burke 2-0, Antekeier 2-1, Cheng 1-0
Foil: Wong 3-0, Marino 3-0, Tichacek 2-1
Sabre: Cepak 2-1, Rohan 2-1, Brown 1-0, Scholl 1-0, Murphy 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 24, Michigan State 3
Epee: Burke 3-0, Cheng 2-1, Antekeier 2-1
Foil: Ju 3-0, Murray 2-0, Sloan 2-0, Felt 1-0, Emge 1-0
Sabre: Brown 1-0, Murphy 1-0, Rohan 3-0, Cepak 1-1, Scholl 1-0
Women’s Results — Day Two
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, Clemson 1
Epee: Katherine Clarke 3-0, Katherine Wallace 3-0, Marie-Anne Roche 2-0, Julia Barry 1-0
Foil: Finnula Mageras 3-0, Reagan Fitzgerald 3-0, Nicole Gorman 3-0
Sabre: Madeleine Gallagher 3-0, Natalie Disher 2-0, Christina Boitano 1-0, Jamie Norville 1-0, Alex Tatarian 1-1
No. 1 Notre Dame 24, Florida 3
Epee: Wallace 3-0, Clarke 2-1, Regina O’Brien 1-2
Foil: Isabelle Elizondo 3-0, Mari Summers 3-0, Beatrice Verrecchia 3-0
Sabre: Norville 2-0, Reghan Ward 2-0, Gallagher 2-0, Boitano 1-0, Disher 1-0, Tatarian 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, Purdue 1
Epee: Wallace 3-0, Barry 2-0, O’Brien 1-0, Clark 2-1
Foil: Erica Tsai 2-0, Fitzgerald 2-0, Verrecchia 2-0, Summers 1-0, Elizondo 1-0, Gorman 1-0
Sabre: Gallagher 3-0, Tatarian 2-0, Disher 2-0, Boitano 1-0, Norville 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 22, Indiana 5
Epee: Marie-Anne Roche 2-0, Wallace 2-1, Clarke 1-0, O’Brien 1-2
Foil: Summers 3-0, Elizondo 2-0, Gorman 2-0, Tsai 1-0, Fitzgerald 1-0
Sabre: Tatarian 2-0, Gallagher 2-0, Boitano 1-1, Ward 1-0, Norville 1-0, Disher 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 26, McKendree 1
Epee: Wallace 3-0, Clarke 3-0, O’Brien 2-1
Foil: Irish 9-0 (McKendree forfeit)
Sabre: Irish 9-0 (McKendree forfeit)
No. 1 Notre Dame 22, Michigan 5
Epee: Verrecchia 3-0, Roche 1-0 Clarke 2-1, Wallace 0-2
Foil: Summers 3-0, Tsai 2-0, Elizondo 1-0, Gorman 1-2
Sabre: Disher 3-0, Gallagher 2-0, Tatarian 1-0, Ward 1-0, Norville 1-0, Boitano 1-0
No. 1 Notre Dame 25, Chicago 2
Epee: Wallace 3-0, Clarke 3-0, Roche 1-0, Verrecchia 1-1
Foil: Irish 9-0 (Chicago forfeit)
Sabre: Gallagher 2-0, Disher 2-0, Boitano 1-0, Norville 1-0, Ward 1-0, Tatarian 1-1
No. 1 Notre Dame 24, Michigan State 3
Epee: Verrecchia 3-0, Clarke 2-1, Wallace 2-1
Foil: Summers 3-0, Fitzgerald 2-0, Elizondo 2-0, Tsai 1-0, Gorman 1-0
Sabre: Gallagher 3-0, Disher 2-0, Ward 1-0, Boitano 1-0, Tatarian 1-1
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Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame men’s tennis and fencing programs, in addition to assisting with football communications and overseeing production of the football Gameday Magazine. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2013.